[nbweekly] NetBeans News, a newsletter for the NetBeans community Issue # 382

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Project News

New Brazilian Portuguese Version of NetBeans 6.5 Plugins Now Available!

The NetBeans Localization team is pleased to release the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Auto Update Center plugins for NetBeans 6.5. The localized plugins are: UML, BlueJ Project Support, JBuilder Project Importer, JMX, JConsole, Axis2 Support, Interactive UI Gestures Collector and Developer Collaboration. You can get the localized AUC modules in two ways:

  • Download and install the NetBeans IDE 6.5 ML. Go to the Help menu, select Check for Updates, and install the updated modules.
  • If you already have the NetBeans IDE installed, launch the IDE, go to the Help menu, select Check for Updates, and install the updated modules. The localized plugins can also be found under Tools -> Plugins -> Updates/Available Plugins.
Learn more about the NetBeans 6.5 Update Center Localization Project here, and get the complete status of the NetBeans 6.5 Update Center Modules here.

Community

Introducing the New NetBeans Governance Board

The NetBeans team is pleased to announce the members of the 16th cycle of the Governance Board.

Fabrizio Giudici and Tom Wheeler received the most votes to become the community elected members of the new season. The Sun Microsystems appointee and third member of the Board is James Branam.

Please join us in congratulating Fabrizio, Tom and James, and in extending our thanks to all of our accomplished nominees for taking part in this election and for their continued support of the NetBeans project!

Training

Creating a Graphical Client for Twitter

Using the NetBeans IDE, create a simple, graphical, REST-based client that displays public Twitter messages and lets you view and update your Twitter status. The application uses Swing and the NetBeans IDE's support for Twitter's SaaS operations.

Top 10 NetBeans APIs (Part 8)

image The NetBeans API screencasts return! Part 8 begins with a recap of the previous parts and then follows with a demo that creates a scenario in which the Visual Library API will be needed.


Enhancing a Structured Document Using jQuery

A tutorial for enhancing the usability and appearance of structured documents using the jQuery JavaScript library in the NetBeans IDE. jQuery is a light-weight JavaScript library that allows programmers to easily and quickly add enhancements to the appearance and behaviors of their web pages.

Using Profiling Points in NetBeans IDE

An introduction to profiling an application using the NetBeans IDE. The NetBeans profiling tool enables you to monitor thread states, CPU performance, and memory usage of your Java application from within the IDE, and imposes relatively low overhead.

Blogs

What You Can Build In 5 Minutes with Java EE 6

Find out what Java EE expert Adam Bien built in eight steps and in less than five minutes at a recent developer conference, using NetBeans 6.7 Milestone 2 and GlassFish v3 EA.

Create a Maven Project Site in NetBeans

A quick entry from NetBeans user Mr. Haki about creating a simple Maven project site using the NetBeans IDE.

Selenium Plugin for PHP in NetBeans

Recent news from the NetBeans PHP team blog. Selenium support is now available for PHP projects. Check out this wiki for more details.

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